File 3104/1915 Pt 3 ‘Mesopotamia: trade with Baghdad’
IOR/L/PS/10/566
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The record is made up of 1 volume (187 folios). It was created in 22 Mar 1917-31 Dec 1917. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Papers relating to trade between Baghdad and Basra in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and Great Britain, in the wake of Britain’s military invasion and occupation of Mesopotamia during the First World War. Subjects covered include: the resumption of trade between Britain and Baghdad; enquiries made to the British Government by British firms asking if they may resume trade to and from Mesopotamia; enquiries relating to goods seized and condemned by the Prize Court; the resumption of trading at Baghdad by a number of firms ‘approved’ by the British Government’s Board of Trade; enquiries by commercial firms relating to goods looted or destroyed during the military invasion of Mesopotamia. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Foreign Office; the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. ; the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India; Henry Fountain of the Commercial Department of the Board of Trade.
The file includes a single item of correspondence in French: a copy of a telegram from the Persian Consul General in Baghdad (f 144).
The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (187 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 3104 (German War: conquered territory, Mesopotamia: trade) consists of 9 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/564-572. The volumes are divided into ten parts, with parts 1 to 8 comprising one volume each, and parts 9 and 10 comprising the last volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 189; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- English and French in Latin script
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- Archival file
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/566
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- P 3104/1915 Pt 3
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- 22 Mar 1917-31 Dec 1917 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/10/566
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- File 3104/1915 Pt 3 ‘Mesopotamia: trade with Baghdad’
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- 187r:187v, 152r:152v
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- House, J H
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- 177r:177v
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- Arditti Brothers
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- 172r:172v
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- File 3104/1915 Pt 3 ‘Mesopotamia: trade with Baghdad’
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- 144r:144v
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- Imperial Persian Legation to Baghdad
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- 142r:142v
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- Huth Jackson, Frederick
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- J Rabourdin & Demolins
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- 77r:78v
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- Neal, J A
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- File 3104/1915 Pt 3 ‘Mesopotamia: trade with Baghdad’
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- 64r:65v, 60r:60v
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- David Sassoon & Co., Ltd
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- 50r:59v
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- Antonio Sefi & Co
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- 46r:46v
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- Smouha, J
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- File 3104/1915 Pt 3 ‘Mesopotamia: trade with Baghdad’
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- 44r:45v, 38r:38v
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- Pritchard, Englefield & Company
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- ©Irwin Mitchell LLP
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- File 3104/1915 Pt 3 ‘Mesopotamia: trade with Baghdad’
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- 28r:28v, 20r:20v
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- Bassous, Aaron David
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- File 3104/1915 Pt 3 ‘Mesopotamia: trade with Baghdad’
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- 24r:25v
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- Marsden & Hunter
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- 17r:17v
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- Eastern Bank Limited
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- Ilford Limited
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- Henry S King & Company
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- Percival, R J
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- Yehouda Heskel & Company
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- File 3104/1915 Pt 3 ‘Mesopotamia: trade with Baghdad’
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- 143r:143v
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- Esfandiary, Fathollah Khan Noury
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- File 3104/1915 Pt 3 ‘Mesopotamia: trade with Baghdad’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:4v, 6r:9v, 11r:11v, 13r:14v, 16r:16v, 18r:19v, 21r:23v, 26r:27v, 29r:31v, 33r:37v, 39r:43v, 47r:49v, 61r:63v, 66r:76v, 81r:88v, 90r:90v, 92r:94v, 96r:141v, 145r:151v, 153r:171v, 173r:176v, 178r:186v, 188r:188v, back-i
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